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znttt VOLUME II. ANDERSON, S. C. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1915. NUMRFR IK* U. S. WON" TENTATfl OF GERM AMBASSADOR GERARD IN STRUCTED) NOT TO COM MENT ON DRAFT PROPOSALS ARE UNSATISFACTORY Germany Fails to Admit Liability in Caae of Lusitania--Other Conditions Unacceptable. Washington, July 8.-Tho United otates won't engage informally sn discussion or negotiation with Ger many regarding the character of the forthcoming reply to the American note on subamrinc warfare. Ambas ealor Gerard at Herlin has-been in formed that such is tho president's decision and told not to make any comment on the tentative draft giv en him by the German foreign oftlce. if asked for an expression he is to say tho United States will await the formal reply before discussing the matter further. Tho outline of tho German note ca bled by Gerard is known to be far from satisfactory to ofilcials. In re spect to the sinking of the Lusitania no admission of liability is made. The vfr-w is expressed, though that it wasn't believed the Lusitania would Bink as rapidly as she did.. As for tlie future, Americans would be allowed- to travel-safely on high seas as passengers on Ameri can ships or belligerents not carry ing munitions of war. Tl-e United States would be requir ed lnforn. the German government of t&o dat - of depart'?re and charac ter .1 esi-lf. carrying Anicricann and guara: tee that such ships car ried no war munitions. i Ugh officials here stated to.lay U would be an unneutral act for thc United Slates to notify any belliger ent of tho date of departure or char acter of any belligerent merchant man. The German ambassador in a wire less communication to his govern ment, is understood to have informed his government that its proposals ap peared not a/eeptable to the United SLtf.es. Thc American government Is understood to be willing to assist in making arrangements for the safe carriage of Americans aboard belli gerent passenger ships not carrying munitions. Por the United States to make concessions ot its own Initia tive, it is held, would .Imperil the entire fabric oi/Afuericatf.'rights with other belligerents. Expect Reply Saturday. Berlin, July.?.--The German reply to tho American note on Hie Lusitania and submarino warfare will probably be delivered Saturday. July 10th; pos sibly even tomorrow. Tho genera: tenor and motive bf. the government behind tho rv"?P?aal may be com municated confidentially to leading representatives of Gie press tomor row. lt is understood, however, pub lication of the toxi in Berlin will bo deferred until the afternoon ot the day or? whlch'ft is presented at Wash ington. # REASS?R NB REPORTS ON MEXICAN AFFAIRS : , .j,. ..... Official Apprehension Somewhat Relieved by Late Ad vices. Washington, July Mute reas suring advices from Mexico City served today to'Tesson .official appre hension over tha situation there. The latest dispatch from Mexico City by courier, though several days old, re ported Gie food riots had been check ed and conditions - were greatly im proved generali v. The food situa tion, however, lb still serious and un rest existed. There ls still some anxiety among Washington officiais eeause Giere is no news regarding Ute renewing of hostilities between the Carranza and Zapata, forcea at Mexi co City. Washington. July 8.--Tho otate de partment advices from Vera Crut to day reporte! Ute Carran ta forces have pushed their attack on the forces de fending Mexico City up to within ten milo? of the capital; Their military trains are operating that closo to the city. ACTION ARISES FROM EN LISTMENTS OF BRITISH RECRUITS IN U. S. CONTROVERSY MAY DEVELOP Britain Prepared to Enter Protest If Actions Are Declared Illegal. Washington, July 8.-The British ambassador formally applied to the state department today for a defini tion of the American government's view as to whether English patriotic societies or unofficial agencies vio late United States neitrality laws in funding Hr1'.Mi subjects from tho United States .to volunteer in tho British anny. Conference between the state and Justice departments will he held before an ariswer & Riven a serious dir.'omatlc controversy may develop. It is'said the British are prepared to register an emphatic pro test if thc position is taken that is illegal. The indictment at San Eranoisco of five persons charged ; with enlisting recruits for the Brit- J Ish army precipitated the action. j THAW EXAMINED Questioned on Important Inci dents of Life, Including Wed ding and Crime. New York, July 8.-The Jury which will pass on the sanity of Har- 1 ry K. Thawjtoday had an opp'.r'v.nl- I ty to study Thaw for seven 'hours, t Thaw was under cross examination by attorneys for the state, who are trying to proMe that he ls suffering i from paranoia and should bo sent 1 back, to Matteawan. Ho was ques tioned about every incident of his \ life /rom school days to his marriage i to Evelyn Nesbit, from the slaying of ? t Stanford White to his trials on. thc. ? charge of murder ?and his life at Mat- f tea wan. < Tho greater part of the time Thaw 1 seemed self contained. At times he I became nervous and on one occasion showed si Rn s of-anger. He was dis- i posed to snswer at length. Some- * times he' made rambling legal argu- . men ts which Deputy ?Attorney Gen- I sral Cook didn't try to stoo. At oth er, times he answer briefly and con-. =*sely. Thaw waa ready for the suggested night session, but bis attorneys ob- 4 jected. A- dosen Spectators rushed . forward and congratulated Thaw on j bis showing. ( WEALTHY CHICAGO LUMBERMAN t P?HJ??D BEAD AT COUNTRY HOME 1 Chicago..July 8.-Frank P. Graves,}* Biged fcrty-four, wealthy president of at North Carolina land company, was , found dead In a. garage at his homo I in Lako ForeBt today, with a revolver j by his side. Ho was shot (n .the | bead. The coroner's verdict was that ho met death "by banda unknown.",t H- < Tb Repentance Vaughn. j < Columbia, July 8.-The remittltur f af the state supreme court an* a copy - af the mandate ot the federal su- * promo court ri the T. U. Vaughn.} case were mailed to the clerk or . court of Greenville county today by l U. R. Orboks, clerk ot the state sn- t promo court under the law Vaughan c again will be sentenced to death at i the next term.of court for Greenville I county unless ether legal steps .aro I taken in <hJa behalf. | f HEAV? TOLL IN MIDDLE WEST MANY DEAD AND MISSING !N STORM-STRICKEN DISTRICTS PROPERTY LOSS EXCEEDS MILLIONS Two Steamboats Sunk and Hun dred Houses Demolished at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, July S.-Willi twenty five known ?load, ten missing and tho property loss exceeding a million dol lars, Cincinnati tonight is at work toward recovery from probably the worst storm in its history. The storm broke at nine-thirty last night. Half an hour later telephone service was paralizod r"nd street car ser vice suspended. Two steamboats were sank, a hundred bouses demol ished and hundreds damaged. Chicago, July 8.-According to figures compiled today, moro than r, ft y persons were killed and several scores injure! by a violent wind and rain storm which extended from Ne braska to Ohio last night. Property iamags estimated several million dol lars. The greatest loss nf life was in pinctnhati and vicinity, where thirty three known to be dead and flHeen aro mic.sing. Eighteen were deck hands who were drowned when the towboat ?Convoy capsized on thc Ohio river. ' In eastern Missouri the storm as sumed, the proportions, of a' tornado, Jemottshing lill' blocks in-St Charles, a town of eleven thousand population. St. Peters and Gilmore. Missouri villages aim-/8f wiped "out, but only ono person was killed In the two towns. In southern Indiana Orce were killed and tunny injured. Wires were lemoraiized and many buildings un rooted. Several northern Kentucky towns Jaraagcd, but no loss of life is known. TWO HELD FOB ANCIENTJRIME Wealthy Iowans Charged With Double Murder Committed Forty-Eight Years Ago. Redford, la., July 8.-Bates Hunts nan, aged seventy, who ls prominent ?ero was arrested today charged with he murder In eighteen sixty eight of in unidentified cattleman and his on. He is also alleged to have been i member of a counterfeiting gang ?efore the civil war. Henry Selbner, a wealthy cattleman vas nrrested as an accomplice, and ? third man ls being sought. . The ir rests followed an attempt by samuel Anderson of Lueas. Iowa, to ile a civil suit to force thc men nam ul in tho warrants to give him s ourtlr share of ninety thousand dol are saP to have been found twelve years ago on a farm near Slam, iowa. U. S. TAKES OVER SAYVIIXE PLANT Washington. July 8.-The United States government today took over, he f?ayvill*. wireless station, tho on y remaining privately owned means if direct communication between the Jnfted States and Germany. Secre ary Daniels announced that Captain Jon I lard, head of the naval radio sor teo would continue the operation of he station with naval forces. HRI8TIAN ENI1EAV0B SOCIETY TO WORK IN NEGRO CHURCHES Chicago, Joly 8.-Delegates to the Vorld's Chrltslan Endeavor Conven ion here '.oday. voted to exteud .he Christian endeavor work Into negro ?burches. They will establish a Southern extension committee to fur ber tho work. Naval Militia Gets Fan?s. Columbi?, July 8.-Gov. Msnning las been no! if led by W. S. Benson, leting secretary of the navy that the iiylsion .of the South Carolina naval nil i tia .having cor ipi led with the aw, will participate in the annual ul ot ment of th* federal funds for the isca! year, IMu. Gitano Heights in San San Marino, tho smallest republic u the world and the oldest statt? in Surope, wjlh an area of only tbirty iight square miles and a population >f alunit 11.000 recently (lashed into he limelight by declaring war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Curi >usly enough the oldest, document vhlch defines the status of this tiny 'epubllc is a'?ieclaration of wai- wittel) ian Marino made against what war, hen. the Germana. In tho eighth cen ury she Jeo.lared war on Charle nagne. It is said that Charlemagne STATE BAPTIS1 AND BIBLE C MEETING li Greenville, July 8.- Thc plans-for South Carolina's greatest religious ind social gathering aro complete, iy Friday afternoon it Ia, expected hot five hundred workers will have irrlv( i to attend the first anneal onvention of tbe(Soutb Carolina l'.ap ist assembly .and Bible conference, he first meeUng of which will be ie Ul tomorrow-evening at 8:20 o'clock n tho First Baptist church. The lev. Thos. J. \Vat;s, with hoad luartcrs at Columbia, 'geoeral soo etary arrlvced this afternoon ' nm: rill be on hand, with Greenville pon de to welcome the visiting guests. The van of the delegates will ar Ivc tonight, Kach Inopniing train vl\l bring many. This great throng viii cpnBlst of pastors. Sunday school ifflcers and teachers, G. Y. P. V. rorUcTH, the workers or the Y. M. V. ind Its auxilarles. educational lend \t? and other . Christian worker-.. PHARMACISTS ADJOURN ANl ' -- Graepvillo. July S.-After a profit-( hie and pleasurable convention at,' 'Mck Springs, thc South Carolina j 'hnrmaceutlcal Association adjourned-. ls 89th annual meeting this afternoon j r? meet next year at tho Tale ot Palms, ! ear Charleston. Tho last day of tho 1 onvention was characterized hy tho e-election of alt officers, the reading 1 I sori/rsl papers, addreaae by C. Ri1 Ifnlth and W. il. Darby and the adop- ' . lon of resolutions. The next meeting ' f ibo eveeutive board will be held' s Greenwood on November. 17. Oae new member waa added . to i Marino and Its Rulers died before the nows of San Marino's defiance reached him. San Marino lies about twenty-five miles south of Ravenna and Bixtcen miles' from the Adriatic, ll is dis tinguished by four rocky peaks, all fortified. According to tradition t w ..; founded by Sant Marinus and a band of Christians fleeing from the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian about the yenr .160. San Marino is governed by a general assembly of sixty nimbera, frim which two regents are elected to exercise executive pow er. The republic has an anny of thirty nine officers nnd 950 men. r ASSEMBLY ONFERENCE ?V GREENVILLE They will come froni every section of South Carolina. Many of them will ut ten J, the assembly wnile en route to be moivutuins for their vacations. And as Secretary Watts said, "There is no more delightful place to spend one's vacation than Greenville." Opening w Uh a meeting of the Federation of Haptist Organised classes at the Firs Haptist church tomorrow evening, and followed by many o iior devotional, social. and business meetings, the nrcgr.-.ui for the seven 'days ot * the assembly ls rompi?te in every respect. The con vention closes Friday, July 1(5. livery provision bus l?ee.n made and no de ta'l has " eon overlooked. It now remains to see tho execution of these arrangements. Tho success of tho assembly restfi with the broth?rnood and sisterhood oi tho denomination, noon,Gie rank and filo of the great constituency, said Secretary W tts ?oday. . OF STATE WAL MEETING the examiners- board, R. M. Darns of Greenville. Tho convention offered resolutions of thanks lo the management ot Chirk Springs for the interest shown In tho entertainment of Gie dele gates present. The' meeting waa a very enjoyable ene from Gie very beginning. All the delegates went away* fall of admir ation (or the Piedmont section. I Seventy-flve or more delega t. tended tho State, v*smacists* runveu tlon at ' Chick - Springs yesterday ?i nd today.' RUSSIANS I TEUTONS' TO REACH FIRE ON SHIP MAY BE TRACED TO FRANK HOLT OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING BLAZE ON STEAMER MINNEHAHA VESSEL SPEEDING BACK TO HALIFAX Carries Fifteen Thousand Tons of War Munitions-Captain Re ports Fire Under Control. N'ew York. Ji|y 8.-Officials of the Atlantic Transport Line and author lll< ?.ore tonight trying to learn if tho blaze on the steamship Minneha ba was the work of Frank Holt. Tho Minnehaha ls speeding for Halifax. She bas fifteen thousand tons ot war munitions. The captain's latest mes sage said the Tire was under con trol. Caused by Explosion. New York, July 8.-Captain Claret of the Minnehaha wirelessed tho line here about noon that the ship's fire was caused by an explos ion. It ls stated that tho Minnehaha carried large quantity of ammunition. It ls conjectured here that Uie blaze was possibly started by a bon/j which Holt might have placed there. The Line's officials said lt was possible he might have placed the bomb, but this ls unconfinned. Carries Ne Passengers. New York. July 8.-The Minchaba left New York July 4, via Halifax. Slie hadn't reaorV'd Halifax when the message announcing the fire was sent The captain asserted that the fire I? not serious. Thc vessel carried no psi - ' ngers. .Now York. July 8.-The Police to day continued investigations to ascer lain whether Frank Holt planted bombs aboard any steamship now cn route across tho Atlantic. As a result of wireless warnings reassur ing messages were received from the liners Saxonia and Phlb-lelphla in '.iildoeeat:, saying they had been searched and no bombs were found. Efforts are being made to discover w'nat became of sixty pounds of .lynam ?tc missing from Holt's store of explosives hidden here. Arrange ments wero made to hold an inquest over Holt's suicide today. J. P. Morgan, who was shpt by Holt is able to walk about his house ot Olen Cove today. PARDON BOARD WILL HEAR MASY PETITIONS Over Thirty Petitions for Execu tive Clemency to Be Considered. Columbia, Julv 8.-Over thirty peti tions for clemency were submitted to the state, board of pardons which con vened In quarterly session this morn ing in the office of the secretary of state. Thc. board will be in session probably two more days and will fib a written recommendation with Gov ernor Manning; Members of the board are: D. G. Ellison of Columbia, H. C. Tl ll mop of Greenwood, W. J. Jenkinson of Kingstree. M NOPl l V STOCK HOLDENS SUIT HAS BEEN DISMISSED Boston, July 8.-The minority Stockholders' suit to recoverer one hundred and two million dollars from former and present directors of the New Haven railroad, who were charged with the responsibility for alleged improper expenditures, was ilismissed today by the state supreme obnrt, William G. F'.vkefeller, Lewis Cass Ledyard, James '.Hon and Charles S. .Mellon were among the defendants. HOLD UP ATTEMPT [WARSAW AUSTRIANS ADMIT WITH DRAWAL. FROM HILLS NORTH OF KRASNIK AUSTRIANS SINK ITALIAN CRUISER First Serious Loss Encountered by Italians-Belligerents Build ing Many Submarines. London, July 8.-'\ie Italian navy suffered Its first serious loss when an Austrian submarine torpedoed the cruiser Amalfi in the Adriatic. Most of the crew were saved. As an off et it ls claimed a French warship sunk: a German submarine in the Channel. Tb? British admiralty announced tonight that lt was a British sub marine which tonpe<f>ed a German warship in the Baltic recently, al though no details are added to Gie brief statement of the Russians offi cial communication issued Gie day af ter the attack took place. L All belligerents are rapidly build ing submarines? The Austrians are reported to have nine at Pola alone. As far as land battles are coi* cerned interest still centers In Southern Poland, where Gie Russians, strongly reinforced, hold up.the Ans tro-German attempt to outflank War saw from Gie southwest. The Aus trians tonight admit they have with drawn from th? hills north ot Kraa nlk before superior Russian forcea. Further heavy fighting must take place ia this region.-. Russian military writers express confidence that any effort Dlr' the Germanic allies to deliver a lightning blow been discounted and ' the Rus sians can hold their positions and perhaps drive the invadorers br Ak. While this is going on it is be lieved there Is a probability ot the Germans detaching the eastern forces for a renewed attack in Gie Welt. If such an effort ls made it must be undertaken by fresh troops. There Is aircajy heavy fighting id the west, especially In the Woevre district. London, July 8.-Strong Russian reinforcements between the rivers Vistula and Bug have compelled the Austro-Hungarians driving towarr Warsaw from Gie south to assurai tile defensive. The section where the Rus sians are making a stand is held al most exclusively by Austrians ?ad according to official reports, t?e Aus trians seem to be finding themselves in difficulties. The expected; Ger man offensive in the "svest. bas not developed, but reports of big German troop movements to the wait front aro persistent. Berlin's claim that the Germans have taken trenches near Ypres In Belgium is not confirmed from Brit ish nor French sources. At several (.unta Gie Germans have been attack in? violently, but the^only appreci able loss conceded by Karla is tn the St. Mili iel district, where the Ger mans capture da strip of tranches 700 yards long. The German official 8tatemi|it doubles Gils distance. The French statement says there' were violent Infantry actione north of Arras last night, declares the. Ger mans were repulsed between AUgeres and vi.mchez, and the French took ? line of German trenches near Bou chez. Soissons bas been bombarded by the French and there ls also a re port of heavy fighting in the Argoona and between the Meuse and Moselle rivera last night. Letting the Turks attack with a result ?of heavy lossr* bas been the recent role of the . British operating against the Dardanelles. Gea. Ham ilton's report yesterday a?ld for the first time the Turks are shewing no disposition to attack. London. July 8.-The Petrograd correspondent of The Times says, ac cording to private advices all passen ged traffic has been suspended on German railways and also h? saya he believes that large forces were lear* lng the eastern front for tit* wes tern theatre with the view Qt an impending rush on Calais. Paris. July 8.-A decree has been published prohibiting the export of gold except by the Bank of France aa a precautionary mea?se. It baa been found that exported geld has not been de? Un ed always for a neutral country in the setiement of aceeuats. Rome. July 8.-Italian armored cruiser Amalfi was torpedoed1 an? sunk yesterday by Austrian aub raarine while participating ta a rec onnaissance in the upper Adriatic lt waa officially announced hy the min istry of marine. Most ot the mein* bars of the craw wera saved.